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B. ,M. FISH.

NEGKTIE FASTENER.

No. 343,236. Patented June 8, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BURTON M. FISH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

NECKTI E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,236, dated June 8, 1886.

Application filed February 5, 1886. Serial No. 190,857. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BURTON M. FISH, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates particularly to the application to a necktie of a fastener; and it consists in so combining them that the fastener is adjustably secured to the back of the necktie, but is not removable therefrom, the fastener becoming a permanent part of the necktie.

ll/Iyinvention-is carried out in a manner which I will now proceed to definitely describe and claim.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show my improvement in two different positions. Fig. 3 illustrates its application. Figs. 4 and 5 show detached detail views. Fig. '6 is a plan View, showing the engagement of the fastener with a collar-button, and Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are views of modifications.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the form of the fastener which I preferably use consists of the frame (1, either of wire or sheet metal, having the end loops or bars,aa, the central collar-button slot,a, and the raised collar-button slot (t -a form of fastener for which Letters Patent were issued to me on the 23d day of March, 1886. This fastener I secure to the necktie as follows: I take the device clearly shown in Fig. 5, consisting of the pointed prongs b 6, connected by the cross-piece b, and having the eyes I) If at the corners, and secure such device adj ustably to the fastener a by engaging the eyes b If loosely with the loops a a of the fastener, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. I then secure the pointed prongs b b to the fabric covering the back plate, 0, of the necktie by passing them down between the plate and covering fabric, and turning over the exposed ends of such prongs against the fabric, by means of which arrangement the fastener a is permanently but adj ustably secured to the necktie, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 7 I have shown the fastener secured to the necktie by small loops d d, elastic or otherwise; but I prefer the first construction as being more quickly secured, besides being much more permanent.

It will be noted that in Fig.1 the fastenera is adjusted so as to bring into play the central collar-button slot,a in which case the collarbutton is hidfrom sight, and in Fig. 2 the raisel collar-button slot is brought into 'play so as to expose the whole or a part of the collav-button when the cravat is adjusted.

The fastener a, by means of its arrangement upon the cravat, is permitted to slide up and down in the fastening-loops If b or d d. and in Fig. 3 the advantage of such improved construction and combination is apparent, as it will be seen that in the act of securing the fastener to the shank of the collar-button e such fastener is pushed up as far as the side loops or bars, a a, will permit, and in such raised position either of the collar-button slots a or a can be handily and quickly adjusted upon the collar-button, as shown in Fig. 3, and when the band f of the cravat g is tightened the fasteningcyes b If ride up the loops at a to their top, and the cravat covers such fastener, and is securely held in such position. and prevented from rising upon the collar through the engagement of parts, as shown.

In Figs. 8 and9 modified forms of the fastener a are shown,'in which the side bars, (1. of the frame take the place of the loops or bars a a, the adjustment, however, remaining the same. The securing device is also slightly modified, the prongs b I) being separate with the eyes I) If at their ends, the connectingpiece I) having been omitted.

I claim- 1. The combinatiomwith a necktie provided on its rear face with securing-loops, of a fastener having a collar-button slot or slots, and elongated end loops loosely engaged with the securingloops of the necktie, whereby the fastener can be vertically adjusted upon the securing-loops,substanti all y as and for the purpose stated.

2. The combination, with the back plate 0, Iu'testimony whereof I have signed my name of the necktie provided with the eyes b b, to this specification in the presence of two subsecured thereto, of a. fastener having either scribing witnesses.

one or both of the collar-button slots a a and BURTON M. FISH. 5 the end loops or bars, a a, the loops or bars Witnesses:

being adjustable upon the eyes, substantially JOHN '1. C011,

as and for the purpose stated. W. T. MILLER. 

